thoughts on how prevalant fake t205 cards are?

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11-03-2014, 10:12 PM

drcy

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The T205s are gilded in copper, meaning the borders have copper flakes pasted to them. The printers put glue on the borders then dusted them in tiny copper flakes. The borders originally were shiny as a new penny but have tarnished with age, sometimes turning greenish.

Last edited by drcy; 11-04-2014 at 02:54 AM.

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